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Gogoro puts performance in focus for flagship Pulse electric smartscooter
January 30, 2024Taiwan's Gogoro has revealed the first details of its upcoming flagship electric smartscooter. The high-performance Pulse boasts zippy acceleration, a healthy amount of torque and is the first scoot to come with Snapdragon-powered smarts. -
Post-apocalyptic dream ride made real in the striking Akira electric moto
January 22, 2024Since 2022, Barcelona-based upcycler and art studio Bel&Bel has been building a hybrid electric replica of an iconic motorcycle featured in a dystopian manga classic. Now a fully electric model is in the works, and it's being made available to fans. -
KTM-powered "Monster Chopper" gets hydraulic steering
January 16, 2024"This thing's gonna be a chungus!" In the northern tip of Idaho, 70-odd miles from Spokane, Washington, a magnificently silly project is underway: a colossal batpod of a motorcycle with a KTM motor, monster truck wheels, and hydraulic steering. -
MIT's EV team takes its open-source hydrogen motorcycle to the track
January 11, 2024MIT's Electric Vehicle Team has taken to the racetrack with a Ducati 900SS that's been gutted and converted into a hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle, hoping to start collecting a few fossil-fuelled scalps. It's also open-sourcing the design for others. -
Horwin makes US brand debut with the funky Senmenti 0 electric moto
January 09, 2024Chinese/Austrian mobility company Horwin has announced its entry into the US motorcycle market with the launch of a futuristic-looking "urban adventure vehicle" in the shape of the Senmenti 0 e-moto, along with two electric concepts. -
Funky Joyce'90 e-moto commuter rides with the heart of an ebike
January 04, 2024Back in September 2023, e-mobility startup Tozz Bike – the outfit responsible for 2021's Pipegun kickbike – partnered with Joyce Technology to co-develop electric vehicles, and the eye-catching Joyce'90 e-moto is the first fruit of that collaboration. -
Kawasaki has built a hydrogen-powered, supercharged Ninja H2 SX
December 20, 2023Kawasaki is doing some fascinating work toward decarbonizing motorcycles. After launching the world's first hybrid streetbike in the Ninja 7 Hybrid, it's now built a supercharged, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered Ninja H2 SX. An H2 H2, if you will. -
Ziggymoto perfectly illustrates the shape-shifting motorcycle idea
December 17, 2023Two wheels, a motor, a seat, some handlebars and some footrests: put 'em in one arrangement, and you've got a sportsbike. In another, a cruiser. Or an adventure machine. Or a commuter. Why not a single, shape-shifting architecture that does it all? -
KTM's Beast 3.0 naked tarmac ripper evolves in an alien direction
November 30, 2023One of the most magnificent and terrifying steeds in motorcycledom gets its second major overhaul for 2024. The new KTM 1390 Super Duke R gets a bigger motor, a bigger tank, semi-active suspension and a savagely alien new headlight design. -
Triumph's first motocross bike aims to storm the barn
November 28, 2023Triumph starts an "all-in" assault on the dirtbike world with the TF 250-X, a race-ready MX bike with a "class-leading power to weight ratio and the most complete specification package ever to launch into the ultra-competitive 250cc motocross market." -
Bimota gets weird with hub-steered, supercharged adventure tourer
November 22, 2023Bimota has a whole new design for its wacky hub-steered front end, nearly doubling the steering range, and it's celebrating this achievement with one of the strangest production motorcycles of the year: a 200-horsepower supercharged adventure bike. -
Yadea rolls out fast-charging Kemper electric motorcycle
November 17, 2023Having to stop and wait for an e-moto battery to recharge can sure take the joy out of clean riding. But e-mobility multinational Yadea is looking to change that with the Kemper performance bike, which can be fast-charged to 80% in just 10 minutes. -
Langen follows its tasty 2-Stroke with a retro Lightspeed V-Twin
November 16, 2023Boutique motorcycle company Langen has unveiled a stablemate to its delectable, super-lightweight 2-Stroke. The 2025 Lightspeed rocks a hard-punching 1190cc V-twin, and hits the one horsepower per kilogram mark – at least, til you sit on it. -
PNY wraps an electric motorcycle around a cargo box
November 16, 2023Electric mobility startup PNY recently motored into the EICMA 2023 trade show with a urban delivery solution called the Ponie – an electric motorcycle in two-wheel and three-wheel flavors, each rocking a gaping hole in the belly for hauling cargo. -
Niu XQi3 electric dirt bike is headed for a trail – or street – near you
November 15, 2023Among other things, Niu Technologies has already brought us an electric urban motorbike, scooter and ebike. Now the Chinese mobility company has announced its first-ever electric dirt bike, the XQi3.
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